Schoenhut doll repaint.

 This doll has arrived after a harrowing trip through Canada Customs.

She has had her head repainted in the past.

Much of the carved detail in the hair is lost.

Is it buried under the repaint?

There are some odd contours around her eyes.

A chunk is missing from her neck.

Someone has tried to remove her overpaint already. This reveals several different layers underneath and patches of bare wood.

The doll's body is in rough shape.

Likely the head is in equally rough shape under the overpaint.

Rusty hardware and a chunk of wood missing from one shoulder attest to a hard life.

The feet were painted brown during one of her previous pant jobs.

A partial pinkie amputation.

More evidence of a hard life......the hardware in her 'good' shoulder is shortened due to a fairly ingenious repair. These hardware bits can be hard to repair so whoever did this has my respect!

This is what is left of her original paint.

Her shoulder is getting rebuilt.

Rebuild done and arm re-installed.

And a new pinkie.

It was decided to leave her worn and well-loved body paint as is so her new pinkie gets a distressed paint job to blend in.

Here is her finished look.

Her carved braids.

Other side.

And her bow.

Interestingly this bow did not have much carved detail.